One LIving Organism

There's a forest in central Utah, called Pando, 
that is comprised of 47,000 quaking aspen trees
all connected by one, giant root structure.
While each tree might look slightly different on the surface
the entire forest is actually a single, living organism.

In the Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon,
exists the largest living organism on Earth.
The honey mushroom covers over 2,200 acres and spreads underground,
killing trees by attacking and feeding off of their roots as it grows. 

There are seven billion people on earth,
of all different shapes and sizes,
different ethnicities and cultures, languages and customs.

We like to define ourselves as individuals
and think of ourselves as truly unique,
but the experiences and emotions that we feel, are shared.
They unite us.

Everyone in the human race,
every single person is 99.9% genetically identical.
It's that 0.1% that gives us our own identity.

So we're kind of like one single living organism.
I guess the question is what kind are we?

Are we one, harmonious family unit that feeds and protects each other
and works to co-exist with our planet, like Pando forest?

Or are we collectively destroying that which surrounds us,
like the life-sucking honey mushroom?

-HitREcord TV Show, Ep.1 One Living Organism